Chris Hocking - Pretending to Be a Coder: Version 3 — Three Years of Mac App Development

Chris Hocking, Melbourne filmmaker and co-founder of Late Night studio, returns for his third CocoaHeads talk to give a candid update on three years of building niche Mac tools for Final Cut Pro editors — covering Command Post, Brawl Toolbox, Gyroflow Toolbox, and a growing suite of collaboration apps. He reflects on the burnout that nearly stopped his side projects in 2025 and how LLMs have since transformed his workflow, enabling new collaborations with non-coders who "vibe code" features while relying on Chris's deep domain knowledge of Apple frameworks to fill the gaps. The talk closes with Q&A covering predictions about on-device AI, the future of LLMs, and whether openness about tooling is still worth it.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
3:54 GitHub History & Burnout
5:42 Command Post & Mac Apps
13:08 fcp.cafe & the Ecosystem
15:18 Industry Collaborations
21:08 LLMs & the New World
38:26 Q&A
56:54 Outro

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